Measuring device for rolled goods.



N0. 65,|,89l. Patented "16 I9, I900.

H. 'sAULs & a. S. BOOK. MEASURING DEVICE FOR BULLED GOODS.

(Application filed Feb. 10, 1900.)

(No Model.)

Georye 5'- 612075- NITED STATES PATENT OFFI E.

HENRY SAULS AND GEORGE S. COOK, OF MINERAL, TEXAS.

MEASURING DEVICE FOR ROLLED GOODS.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent NO. 651,891, dated June 19, 1900.

Application filed February 10, 1900. Serial No. 4,781. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern).-

Be it known that we, HENRY SAULS and GEORGE S. GO0K,citizens of the United States, residing at Mineral, in the county of Bee and State of Texas, have invented a new and use ful Measuring Device for Rolled Goods, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to measuring devices, and has for its object to provide im' proved means for measuring rolled goods while the material is being unrolled and also to indicate the amount of material remaining in the roll. It is furthermore designed to mount the device for convenient inspection and to provide means for insuring a positive action of the indicating device as the material is removed and the roll becomes smaller, and, finally, to mount the indicating device independently of the roll of goods, so that the latter may be removed without interfering with the former, which latter is always in position for cooperation with a roll of material.

With these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described,'shown in the accompanying drawings,and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and minor details, may be made within the scope ofthe claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 isa perspective view showing a frame supporting a plurality of the present devices in operative relation to rolls of cloth. Fig. 2 is a detail end eleva-' tion of one of the devices. Fig.' 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings are designated by like characters of reference.

In carrying out the present invention there is provided a supporting-frame which comprises opposite uprights or posts 1, which are connected by means of the upper and lower cross-bars 2and 3, respectively. 'Provided in the corresponding outer faces of the posts or uprights is a plurality of notches 4, which are arranged in transversely-aimed pairs, and each notch is normally closed by means of a pivotally-mounted button'5. These pairs of notches are designed to receive and form bearings for the opposite ends of a shaft or rod 6 upon which the goods 7 are rolled. It

will now be apparent that the turn-buttons 5 are designed to facilitate the mounting of the rod 6 and at the same time are designed to prevent accidental displacement of said rod.

Inclined upwardly and rearwardly from the rear faces of the uprights 1 are the oppositelyalined bearing-brackets 8, each of which is provided with a longitudinal slot 9. Mounted upon these brackets is the measuringroller 10, having the opposite journals 11, which are slidably received within the longitudinal slots of the respective brackets 8. Each journal is provided with a bearingblock 12, which has its upper and lower faces provided with substantially-parallel longitudinal slots 13 for the reception of the respective edges of the slot in the adjacent bracket 8, so that the bearing-blocks are slidable longitudinally upon the bearing-brackets in order that the measuring-roller may be adjusted toward and away from the frame, according to the size of the roll of goods. It will now be understood that the bearingbrackets 8 are inclined downwardly and forwardly, so that the roller 10 may gravitate toward the roll of goods, and said measuringroller is also provided with peripheral longitudinal corrugations 14 or'otherwise roughened, so as to increase the frictional engagement between the roller and the roll of material; a

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that the measuring-roller 10 is revolved through frictional contact with the roll of material when the latter is being unrolled, and to indicate the number of revolutions of the measuring-rollerone of the journals thereof has been extended beyond the outer side of the adjacent bearing-block and provided with asuitable gear-wheel 15. In mesh with this gear-wheel is a larger gear 16, which is mounted upon the bearing-"block, and the two gears are inclosed within asuitable case 17, having a dial-face 18. A suitable indicating pointer or hand 19 is carried by the outer end of the journal for the larger gear-wheellfi and is designed to coop.- erate with the dial-face l8.

In the operation of the device the free end 21 of the material to be measured is pulled outwardly from the roll, so as to turn the latter in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 2 of the drawings, which will result in the turning of the measuring-roller in the opposite direction and through the gears 15 and 16 the pointer or hand 19 is turned, so as to indicate upon the dial the number of yards of material which have been removed from the roll.

gears are arranged to turn the hand one dogree'upon the dial-face for every yard or other preferred unit of measure which is removed from the rollof material.

It is preferable to have the pointer or hand originally set to the highest number upon the dial-face and to turn the pointer in a reverse direction?i. --e., from the highest degree toward the lowest degree-so that should ten yardsof material be removed thepointer'will befturned backwardly ten degrees-as, for instance, to seventy degreesas indicated by the dotted position of the pointerin Fig. 2 of the drawings, thereby indicating that ten yards of the material have been removed and that-seventy yards yet remain in the roll.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings there have been illustrated four frames, which are arranged to form the respective sides of a single rectangular frame, each individual frame being spaced a-suitable distance from the adjacent oppositeframes, so that the indicating devices may bereadily seen through the spaces between said individual frames- In practice itis preferred toinclose the supporting-frame within a glass case, so as to protect the goods from dust and damage and at the same time to conveniently display the diflerent materials contained in the several rolls, although such protecting-case has not been shown in the drawings.

Although but a single measuring device has been shown upon the supporting-frame, it will of course be understood that it is designedto provide a measuringdevice for each pair of notches 4, so that the frame may be filled with rolls and each roll may have its individual measuring device. Moreover, the device is designed for use in connection with rolls of cloth, ribbon, wall-paper, and any other similar material which is normally held in the form of a roll.

Having described the invention,we claim 1. In a measuring device for rolled goods, the combination with a frame, having a roll of goods mounted thereon, of a measuringroller in frictional engagement with the roll of goods, and bearing-brackets carried by the frame and inclined downwardly toward the roll of goods, the journals of the measuring- It will of course be understood-that l i the length of the circumference of the measbring-roll is known, and the intermeshing uring-roller in frictional engagement with the roll of goods, the journals of the roller being slidably mounted in the slots of the respective brackets, and an indicator inoperative relation to the roller.

)3. In a measuring device for rolled goods, the combination with a frame, having means for supporting a rollof material, of a Incas uring'rollerfor frictional engagement with the roll, bearings inclined downwardly toward the roll of material, and provided with "longitudinalslots, slidable bearing-blocks for the roller, each block havingoppositegrooves to slidably receive the respective opposite edges of the slot in its bearing, andan indicator carried byoneof the bearing-bloeksa-nd in operative relation to the measuring-roller.

4. In a measuring'device for rolled goods, the combination with a frame, having means for supporting a roll of goods, of downwardlyincli-ned bearing-brackets, having longitudinal slots, a measuring-roller for frictional engagement with the roll of goods, opposite bearing -blocks for the roller and Slida'bly mounted in the slots of the .bracketsy ind an indicator carried by one of the bearing-blocks and in operative relation -tothe measuringroller.

v5. In a measuring device for rolledgoods, the combination with a frame, having means for supporting a roll-of goods, bearing brackets inclined downwardly toward said roll, a measuring-roller for frictional engagement with the roll, opposite bearing-blocks for-the roller and slidably mounted upon the respective bearing-brackets, and an indicator carried by one of the bearing-blocks and inoperative relation to the measuring-roller.

6. In a measuring device for rolled goods, the combination with a frame, having means for. supporting a rollojf material, ofa neas-u-ring-roller for frictional engagement with the roll opposite bearing-brackets,beari-ng-blocks for the opposite journals of the measuringroller, andslidably adjustableupon thebrackets toward and away from the roll-of material, and an indicator carried by one of the bearing-blocks and in operative relation t o the measuring-roller,

'7. In a measuring device for rolled goods, the combination with a frame,comprising-opposite uprights, having bearings-upon the corresponding outer jfacesmthereof, and for supporting a roll of material, of downwardly and forwardly inclined bearing-brackets-carried by the rear faces of the uprights, a measuring-roller for frictional engagement with the rearside of the roll of material, and freely slidable upon the bearing-brackets, and an indicator in operative relation to the measuring-roller.

8. In a measuring device for rolled goods, the combination with a frame, having means for supporting a roll of material, of bearingbrackets which are inclined downwardly toward the roll, a measuring-roller for frictional engagement with the roll of material, opposite journals for the measuring-roller, bearing-blocks for the respective journals,

and slidably mounted upon the respective brackets, a gear-wheel carried by one of the 

